Rahul Dilip Pharande has submitted his curriculum vitae. He has an M.Tech in Automobile Engineering from Rajarambapu Institute of Technology and a B.E. in Automobile Engineering from the same institution. His areas of interest include IC engines, automobile transmission and chassis, and automobile maintenance. For his M.Tech project, he worked on reducing the weight and increasing the cooling effect of disc brakes. He has over 1.5 years of work experience as an assistant professor and 14 months as an automobile mechanic. Rahul has published research on the thermo-mechanical behavior of brake discs and has participated in various workshops and a training on technical pedagogy.